Mine duster



J. 0. WILSON MINE DUSTER Sept. 12, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 26, 1948 MQ M QJ J. 0. WILSON Sept. 12, 1950 MINE DUSTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 26, 1948 Q M mz s.

, thehazardof explodingcoaldust.

Patented Sept. 12, 950

- UNITED STATES PATENT oFno 2;x

I DUSTER! H I j? l ol wists, Granite Cit I Application heap-26, 194s; i fji ahl lo. 1 71181 2' assslj (c1.

This invention relates to stem sse s ae, ,jdiivn'g, they {25' h use in mine tunnels. r

onla ,motorshaft 25i The, top, shaft.-.g6 An object of this invention is to provide aduste, operatedjrom l which is mounted on;

designed to broadcast non-combustible dust, such between theside'membersfl. H

p I a discharge-nipp e extending,f r om,the iorwardgwallfli thereof and v "An'oth'er object of this inventioriis to provide the ,conveyor lil extejnds into theznipp-le 29 tor a dusting machine which will operate in a con' discharging'fthe dii into the-interior, of ahollom fined area such as a tunnel, and will" broadcast ontubulaiubroadca ting member. generallydesig i rock ,or, other non-combustible dust onto the sides," top .and bottom oi the v turmel for; mixture with'o'r covering of coal dust in order toreduce or, eliminate the hazard of explosions or-fires. A furtherobject of this invention is toprovide a device of this kind which fis so constructed-that it may be made portable and mounted onamo: bile chassis for use in dustingmine tunnels along the lengththereof.

With the above and-other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combina ii tion and details of construction disclosed inithe drawings and specification, and then more paring machine for use in mine tunnels which is a pairfof moto supporting angle barsZB secured as rock dust or the like, in order to eliminate ,The ho pen l lnincludes ai ticularly pointed out in the appended claims. mea othe' broad a In the drawings, sleeve 36 may be keyed or otherwise firmly se- Figure 1 is a plan view, partly broken away, of cured to the shaft 20. The extended end of the a mine duster constructed according to an emshaft 20 is journaled in a bearing 39 which is bodiment of this invention, carried by a pair of upright bars M, extending Figure 2 is a detail side elevation, partly broken from the end member 13, and the upright memaway and in section, of the device, bers are braced by means of a pair of down- Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken wardly and outwardly divergent angle bars 4!. on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, v In the use and operation of this device, the

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line material which is to be broadcast, such as rock 44 of Figure 1, dust or the like, is discharged into the hopper [4. Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken 35 The motor 21 will rotate the conveyor is so as substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4. to move the material from the hopper l4 into Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view showing the the interior of the broadcasting member 3i. As angular adjustment of this device on a mobile the broadcasting member 3| rotates, the material carriage. therein will be discharged through the rotating Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 4o nozzles 34 and in this manner the dust will be designates generally a base which'is formed of discharged onto the top, bottom and opposite side parallel longitudinal side members ll and end walls of the tunnel or the like so that this nonmembers I2 and I3. The base ill has mounted inflammable dust will mix with the coal dust or thereon a hopper M which is formed of vertical will cover the coal dust in order to eliminate any side walls l5 and a V-shaped bottom wall I6, terexplosion in the tunnel by reason of the coal minating in a longitudinal conveyor trough l1. dust.

The hopper I4 -is mounted on upright angle The frame I!) may be mounted on a mobile members I8 which are secured at their lower ends structure such as the chassis of a mine car or the to the base III. A screw conveyor I9 is rotatably like so that the device may be movedv along the mounted in the trough I! and has the shaft 20 length of the tunnel and the tunnel dusted with thereof extending through the rear of the hopper the non-inflammable dust. l4 and journaled in a bearing 2| carried by a The base frame 10 is adapted to be mounted horizontal angle member 22. on a mobile carriage as diagrammatically in- A pulley 23 is secured to the shaft 2!? and has dicated at 42 in Figure 6. The base frame It has trained thereabout a pair of belts 24 which are a plate 43 secured to the bottom thereof through which a pivot 44 engages. In this manner the device may be swung to any desired angle with respect to the mobile carriage and by swinging the device laterally as shown in Figure 6 the material will be broadcast for a greater distance along the sides of the tunnel-thanwhen the base is parallel with the length of the tunnel.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling, within the purview of, the

frame, a hopper on said frame, a screw conveyor '15 tion extending through one end of said hopper at the bottom of said hopper and having a por-- for discharging material from said one end of said hopper, an operator .for said conveyor, a

discharge conduit fixed to said hopper engaging about said extending portion of said conveyor, anelongated broadcasting member fixed. to said conveyor for rotation therewith, saidbroadcastin'g member including an inner wall formed with an opening coaxial and comm'lmicatingvsdth said 2. 'A tunnel dusting machine comprising a frame, a hopper carried by said frame, a screw conveyor at the bottom of said h pperand having one end extending through thefront wall of said hcpper'for discharging material from said front wall of said hopper, an operator for said con;- veyor, a tubular conduit fixed to said front wall of said hopper and engaging about said extending end ofsald conveyor, and a broadcasting member. mounted on said extending end of said conveyor,

for rotation therewith andconfronting the, outer end of said conduit" and formed with $6 municating opening. said broadcasting member I b'eing formed of an elongated hollow body. open I at the opposite ends thereof, said broadcasting member including a pair of outwardly converging walls forming reduced discharge nozzles whereby the material in said hopper is positively forced through said conduit into said broadcasting member for centrifugal discharge from said nozzles. 5 3. A tunnel dusting machine comprising a frame, a. hopper carried by said frame, a longitudinal gutter formed in the bottom of said hopper, a screw conveyor disposed in said gutter and having one end extending through one end 0i. Midhopper, a. tubular dischagge conduit extending outwardly front",sildione-fiendfof said hopper and disposed about said extending end ofsaid conveyor, an elongated hollow broadcasting member fixed to said extending end of said conveyor for rotation therewith and disposed in confronting relation with the outer end of said conduit, an opening formed in said broadcasting member adapted to communicate the interior thereof with said discharge conduit, the opposite ends of said broadcasting member being constricted to provide discharge nozzles wherebythe material in said' hopper wilfbe positively forced into said broadcasting member ior centrifngal' discharge therefrom. v

25 I JOHN 0. WILSON. 1

limitat ons cI'rEn The iollowingreferences' are of record in the file of this patent: l

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